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The Peregrine Memorandum

By: John W. Dowdle

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When Jeff Hollis, top Pentagon security officer, receives a memorandum pertaining to a highly secret project named Peregrine, it is the beginning of a sixteen-day nightmare. Even as he manages to uncover that the purpose of Peregrine is to neutralize US ICBMs, Hollis finds himself branded a spy and subject of a national manhunt by the FBI. Fighting for his life against unknown assassins, he matches wits with a Soviet mole intent on the destruction of the US. As the fate of the US hangs in the balance, Hollis succeeds in destroying Peregrine, but not before a Soviet missile is launched—target Washington. In a gripping thriller as real as the headlines, Dowdle weaves an intense drama of international intrigue, sabotage, and desperation. Set in the early years of the Reagan Presidency when events such as the shootdown of KAL 007 and the deployment of the Pershing II’s to Europe seemed to signal a world spiraling out of control, Dowdle invites the reader to contemplate the unthinkable. . . and to ponder just how close we actually came to experiencing it.

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0595005764

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Legal Reforms in China and Vietnam

A Comparison of Asian Communist Regimes

By: John Gillespie,Albert H.Y. Chen

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Legal Reforms in China and Vietnam

A Comparison of Asian Communist Regimes

By: John Gillespie,Albert H.Y. Chen

Although the adoption of market reforms has been a key factor leading to China’s recent economic growth, China continues to be governed by a communist party and has a socialist-influenced legal system. Vietnam, starting later, also with a socialist-influenced legal system, has followed a similar reform path, and other countries too are now looking towards China and Vietnam as models for development. This book provides a comprehensive, comparative assessment of legal developments in China and Vietnam, examining similarities and differences, and raising important questions such as: Is there a distinctive Chinese model, and/or a more general East Asian Model? If so, can it be flexibly applied to social and economic conditions in different countries? If it cannot be applied to a culturally and politically similar country like Vietnam, is the model transportable elsewhere in the world? Combining ‘micro’ or interpretive methods with ‘macro’ or structural traditions, the book provides a nuanced account of legal reforms in China and Vietnam, highlighting the factors likely to promote, change or resist the spread of the Chinese model.

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436

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Routledge

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1136978429

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9781136978425

To Catch A Virus

By: John Booss,Marie Louise Landry

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To Catch A Virus

By: John Booss,Marie Louise Landry

To Catch a Virus To Catch a Virus Trace the evolution of diagnostic virology from yellow fever to COVID-19 Join expert storytellers John Booss, Marilyn J. August, and Marie Louise Landry in a journey through the history of viral epidemics and the detective work of those determined to identify the culprits and treat the infected. From the identification of the first virus in the late 1800s to the molecular techniques that enabled the rapid recognition of and vaccine development for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, viral diagnostic methods have progressed over the past century to become a formidable tool in human health care. This collection of gripping historical narratives covers a range of fascinating outbreaks and public health challenges, from yellow fever and smallpox to AIDS and COVID-19. This new edition chronicles the ongoing story of the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the people, the pathogen, and the progress in the diagnostic laboratory and clinical settings that has touched every aspect of global health. The many photographs and rich biographical sketches of key figures, diagrams of diagnostic procedures, micrographs of virus-infected cells, timelines, and a new glossary of key terms make To Catch a Virus compelling reading. This book serves as an excellent resource for courses in virology, immunology, microbiology, and public health. As the world struggles with the ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, To Catch a Virus is an insightful and superbly told story that chronicles the incredible metamorphosis of diagnostic virology and the technological advances that now make it possible to quickly and accurately detect and monitor the many disease-causing viruses that plague humankind. A stimulating, informative, and absorbing read that is highly recommended. —Richard L. Hodinka, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; former Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia To Catch a Virus provides a beautifully written and compelling story of scientific discovery. It carefully traces the understanding of viral diseases from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. For general readers the authors provide timely and expert guidance to the extraordinary advances in diagnosis, surveillance, and therapeutics that constitute the silver lining in the otherwise somber years of COVID-19. For anyone wishing to understand the challenges confronting virologists and their accomplishments to date, this work is the place to start. —Frank M. Snowden, PhD, Andrew Downey Orrick Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University; former Chair, Program in History of Science and History of Medicine, Yale University

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421

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John Wiley & Sons

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1683673735

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9781683673736

India's Communal Constitution

Law, Religion, and the Making of a People

By: Mathew John

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India's Communal Constitution

Law, Religion, and the Making of a People

By: Mathew John

The book shows how the Indian Constitution identifies the Indian people in colonial and communal terms.

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159

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Cambridge University Press

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100931775X

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Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War

The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism

By: John Hagan,Joshua Kaiser,Anna Hanson

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Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War

The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism

By: John Hagan,Joshua Kaiser,Anna Hanson

From the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib to unnecessary military attacks on civilians, this book is an account of the violations of international criminal law committed during the United States invasion of Iraq. Taking stock of the entire war, it uniquely documents the overestimation of the successes and underestimation of the failings of the Surge and Awakening policies. The authors show how an initial cynical framing of the American war led to the creation of a new Shia-dominated Iraq state, which in turn provoked powerful feelings of legal cynicism among Iraqis, especially the Sunni. The predictable result was a resilient Sunni insurgency that re-emerged in the violent aftermath of the 2011 withdrawal. Examining more than a decade of evidence, this book makes a powerful case that the American war in Iraq constituted a criminal war of aggression.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316381315

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9781316381311

The Invention of the Passport

Surveillance, Citizenship and the State

By: John C. Torpey

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The Invention of the Passport

Surveillance, Citizenship and the State

By: John C. Torpey

This book presents the first detailed history of the modern passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world. It explores the history of passport laws, the parliamentary debates about those laws, and the social responses to their implementation. The author argues that modern nation-states and the international state system have 'monopolized the 'legitimate means of movement',' rendering persons dependent on states' authority to move about - especially, though not exclusively, across international boundaries. This new edition reviews other scholarship, much of which was stimulated by the first edition, addressing the place of identification documents in contemporary life. It also updates the story of passport regulations from the publication of the first edition, which appeared just before the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to the present day.

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285

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Cambridge University Press

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1108591892

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9781108591898

Darfur and the Crime of Genocide

By: John Hagan,Wenona Rymond-Richmond

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Darfur and the Crime of Genocide

By: John Hagan,Wenona Rymond-Richmond

In 2004, the State Department gathered more than a thousand interviews from refugees in Chad that verified Colin Powell's UN and congressional testimonies about the Darfur genocide. The survey cost nearly a million dollars to conduct and yet it languished in the archives as the killing continued, claiming hundreds of thousands of murder and rape victims and restricting several million survivors to camps. This book fully examines that survey and its heartbreaking accounts. It documents the Sudanese government's enlistment of Arab Janjaweed militias in destroying black African communities. The central questions are: why is the United States so ambivalent to genocide? Why do so many scholars deemphasize racial aspects of genocide? How can the science of criminology advance understanding and protection against genocide? This book gives a vivid firsthand account and voice to the survivors of genocide in Darfur.

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1107376122

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The Europa World of Learning

By: Joseph Bascom St. John

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The Europa World of Learning

By: Joseph Bascom St. John

Provides: over 26,000 academic institutions, 150,000 staff and officials; extensive coverage of universities, colleges and other centres of learning; and detailed information on over 400 international cultural, scientific and educational organizations.

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1857433459

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The Peregrine Memorandum

The Peregrine Memorandum

Legal Reforms in China and Vietnam

Legal Reforms in China and Vietnam

To Catch A Virus

To Catch A Virus

India's Communal Constitution

India's Communal Constitution

Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War

Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War

The Invention of the Passport

The Invention of the Passport

Darfur and the Crime of Genocide

Darfur and the Crime of Genocide

The Europa World of Learning

The Europa World of Learning

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